BEIJING — China has executed 12 people in a single day, including a man who bombed a local tax office.
The official Xinhua News Agency says Liu Zhuiheng was convicted and sentenced to death for detonating explosives outside a tax office in Changsha city in Hunan province in July 2010. Four people were killed and 17 others wounded. Xinhua says the 52-year-old was venting anger over business losses.
Xinhua says China’s supreme court approved the death sentence of Liu and 11 others Thursday. All death sentences are sent to the supreme court for review and are usually carried out immediately if approved.
The other 11 people were convicted of crimes including murder and robbery.
China executes more people than any other country — around 4,000 people a year.
